from the San Francisco Giants. The Pirates faded from contention in the early 1980s and by 1985 the team—rocked by a drug scandal among its players—was put up for sale. After a series of missteps which included the acquisitions of veterans Amos Otis, Gene Tenace and George Hendrick, Peterson was fired on May 23, 1985 and replaced by his predecessor Brown. He eventually joined the New York Yankees, where he worked in their front office and served one season (1990) as the club's general manager. His firing was the last official act of George Steinbrenner before Steinbrenner's suspension from baseball as a result of the "Dave Winfield scandal." Peterson spent the remainder of his career as a consultant/major league scout for both the San Diego Padres and Toronto Blue Jays organizations, and fully retired from baseball in 1995. He was inducted in the Kinston Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984, as well as the Rutgers University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1997. He was the father of Milwaukee Brewers pitching coach Rick Peterson. Death Peterson died on April 16, 2019. References External links 1929 births 2019 deaths Asheville Tourists managers Baseball players from New Jersey Columbus Jets players Major League Baseball catchers Major League Baseball farm directors Major League Baseball general managers New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) players New York Yankees executives Pittsburgh Pirates executives Pittsburgh Pirates players Rutgers Scarlet Knights baseball players Rutgers University alumni Salt Lake City Bees players San Diego Padres scouts Sportspeople from Perth Amboy, New Jersey Tallahassee Pirates players Toronto Blue Jays scouts Waco Pirates players Williamsport Grays players Wilson Tobs players United States Army personnel of the Korean War American expatriate baseball people in the Dominican Republic